Lyrics - Night Of Saint-bartholomew by Castrum

On the twenty-fourth of
August, 1572 in
Paris was terriblebloodshed
Name of this carnage inhistory is the
Night
Of
Saint-
Bartholomew...
In the midst of wars byreligion
When the rivers of bloodgushed
Fratricide was (with gorycontagion)
For the peace and name of
God
At the awful moonlitnight
Cathedral bells of
Saint-
Germainl'
Auxerrois
Sounded, rang to the infamousfight,
Christian love wasdevitalized
At the sign of all
Parisianchurch bells
Ranting hordes killed withoutsense
When the strange nocturnal massstarted
Murderers from gore weresoulless...
At the horrible moonlitnight
Selected doors werestigmatized
With the shameful whitecrosses,
The poor lives doomed bydeath
Impiety - in the name of
Jesus
Christ,
Brutality - because of the
Supernal
Light
Disembowelment - in the name of
Angels and
Saints,
Dismemberment - because of the
Religious
Faith
Torches illuminated the faceof slayers,
Swords and spears were in hands ofslaughterers,
This
Unmerciful
Night was
Revel ofthe
Deathmen
In the
Valley
Of
Misery,
Where the river alwaysspilt,
Bloody corpses and dyingvictims
Floated on the
Sanguine
Stream
At this sanguinary night wasbloodbath --
In the name of
Christ,- -
Where was
Royal
Law ? --
Where was
Christian
Love? -
In the midst of wars byreligion
When the streams of goregushed
Fratricide was (with bloodyconfusion)
For the quiet and name of
God
At the dreadful moonlitnight
Cathedral bells of
Saint-
Germainl'
Auxerrois
Sounded, rang to dishonestfight,
Christian laws weredevitalized
At the sign.....
Were
Soulless!

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